Idiom / PhraseCommon lingo
On Tick
[on tik]Pan-Diaspora· Colloquial British & Anglo-Indian bookkeeping idiom ("on the ticket")
Also spelled: on credit, banya book
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Purchasing household groceries, provisions, or drinks on credit with payment deferred until the monthly railway payday.
“Money was running tight toward the end of the month, so Nana took the sugar, tea, and biscuits on tick from the corner store.”
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